Articles by L Geary

L is an 18-year-old queer student and aspiring writer who has been writing fanfic for 3 years. They're very much split between multiple fandoms with an affinity for any (and every) ship. If you can find them, they'll probably be reading 100k of fluff.

Many fanfiction writers come up against obstacles, AUs that just won’t work or a plot point that veers too far out of character. I have quickly realised, however, that these obstacles are nothing compared to the task of coming out of fanfiction and beginning to write original fiction. Points I hadn’t even considered about writing had suddenly appeared and I started to worry if I was completely out of my depth. I tried to search for anyone in the same situation and found nothing out //

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